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The Courier-Review.
Both teams now resort to punting, the ball passing from one eleven to the other. Time is called for the first half with the ball in Iowa's territory.
Piatt makes a good kick of 40 yds., Iowa falling on the ball. Iowa makes a few short downs, when a Kansas man gets the ball on a fumble. Hester, Shellenbarger and Wilson make good gains, and Hester is pushed over the line for a touch-down. Piatt fails to kick goal. Time, 5 min.; score, 8 to 4 in favor of Kansas.
Iowa kicks 40 yds.; Kansas returns the ball but a short distance. After two downs Piatt makes a short punt, the ball going to Iowa. Iowa returns the ball to K.U. after trying four times to make a gain. Hill fumbles the ball, but falls on it. Piatt punts for 25 yds. and Iowa takes the ball. Iowa seems to be unable to make any gains: the ball again goes to Kansas on downs. The field is now in a muddy condition and sharp playing is impossible for either side. The ball is kept in Iowa's territory for some time, neither team however making large gains, until Collins breaks through the line and makes a run of 45 yds., scoring a touch-down. Collins fails to kick goal. Score, 8 to 8.
Piatt kicks 35 yds.; the ball is brought back 10 by Iowa. Iowa is still unable to make any gains, and in a short time, after good gains by Willson, Piatt, Hester and Shelly, Wilson goes over the line and Kansas is again in the lead. Hester fails to kick goal. Score, Iowa 8, Kansas 12.
Iowa kicks the ball 45 yds.; Hester, by a nice run, returns it 20. Both teams now get down to hard work, neither making large gains except by punting, the ball, however, is kept mostly in Iowa's territory. Hester is hurt and Fletcher takes right tackle; Piatt goes to full. Iowa now takes a brace and goes around the left end for 25 yds.; the runner makes a forward pass and Iowa scores a touch-down on the referee's decision. Iowa kicks goal. Score, 14 to 12, Iowa's favor.
But three minutes left to play. The ball staying in Iowa's territory. Time is called with the ball still in Iowa's territory.
Very likely there will be an official complaint made to the officers of the Association in regard to this game. Kansas claims that the second half lasted 10 minutes too long, and if such is the case, the game rightfully belongs to Kansas, for Iowa secured her last touchdown three minutes before time was called.
We may well be proud of the work done by our boys in Iowa, it being the opinion of the spectators that our men out-played the home team from the start to the finish. Good work being done by all the men; the tackling of Shellenbarger and Amour being a creature of the game. Simpson, at end, played a good game.
Lawrence to the Front.
The Lawrence High School team easily defeated the team from the Kansas City High School last Saturday on McCook field. It was evident from the start that the game would be a walk-away for the Lawrence boys, their team work and interference being much better than that of the opposing team. The Lawrence boys are to be commended for their sharp playing and their ability to move together when the ball is put in play. Another feature of the playing of the home boys was the manner in which they carried the ball back from a kick-off, keeping together well and preventing the opposition from downing the man with the ball.
The game was delayed for sometime by the Kansas City men refusing to play because a colored man was to play on the team. This was settled by the Lawrence manager taking the colored man from the team. As there was no provision made in regard to the color line, K. C. men are not to be commended for taking the stand which they did.
Lawrence piled up 18 points to the visitors' none in the first half, and 16 in the second half, the visitors again drawing a blank.
For the Lawrence team, Parnell, Nichols, Soxman, Wisman, Pardee and Darling did the star playing. The kicking of Peak, for the visitors, was a feature.